If you already bought the game, check your library. I've uploaded a 2 page addition which offers some tweaks, house rules and other things to try out. Give it a shot and let me know what you think.

John TNovember 20, 2018 10:23 pm UTC

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I've just posted a bunch of fan-made stuff for 5 Leagues in the files section of the SoloWarGame yahoo group. Mostly encounter variants and a campaign game roster sheet. I believe you'll have to join the group to download it. I made it for my own use, but hopefully others will enjoy it as well.

Peter LOctober 18, 2018 9:43 pm UTC

Do I need to purchase the 3rd edition of the FiveCore rules as well to make this work? Thanks

Ivan SOctober 18, 2018 11:43 pm UTC

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This is completely standalone.

Peter LOctober 19, 2018 2:44 am UTC

Thank you. I’ve just stumbled across your offerings and am super intrigued! Just getting back into gaming so it will be solo for awhile for me.

Ivan SOctober 19, 2018 3:47 pm UTC

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At this point, I think we have a little bit for everybody.
Most titles include solo mechanics, though some are more basic and some are more fully featured in that regard.

Don't be afraid to ask questions and I hope you have some fun gaming hours ahead of you, regardless of what systems you end up picking.

Nathaniel CSeptember 19, 2018 3:34 pm UTC

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(If this is a double post I apologize I think the site ate my question)

Will we ever see rules introducing Mounted units into this game? I bought this with the plan to put my Saga & Middle Earth collections to good use however I have pretty sizeable amounts of Rohan and Norman Cavalry troops and am unsure of how to introduce such units into the warbands without breaking the game.

I imagine it would be easy enough just to treat them as foot soldiers on bigger bases with more speed and an allergy to spears and have so many per number of troops similiar to how Archers are handled to hold me over till then.

Another great product by the way. You never disappoint!

Ivan SSeptember 22, 2018 9:08 pm UTC

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Thanks!

Yeah, your suggestions are about on target. Maaaaaybe have an option to be dismounted, ala GW's LOTR rules.

There's a few areas I'd like to add: Horses are one, some magic is another, the trick is that they will of course need to be available both to our heroes and to the enemies.

I might do a "Land of the horselords" expansion putting the warband in a Rohan-like region and work it in that way.

Appreciate the kind words and questions.

Heather MSeptember 07, 2018 9:08 pm UTC

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Any chance of releasing a magic system for these campaign rules? I already own Dungeon Scum and have ported over the magic system to Starport Scum, but these campaign rules fire my imagination even more!

Ivan SSeptember 08, 2018 1:01 am UTC

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Glad you like it Heather!
I have some thoughts on how to do magic, but I am still tinkering with getting it "right" as far as feeling like it fits in the atmosphere we have going.

Lanse TAugust 01, 2018 3:53 am UTC

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I've been enjoying this a lot, currently around campaign turn 30 for Dark Woods of Winter. However, I can't find the expected dimensions of the playing field or how much terrain to use. Assuming a 3'x3' table, the combatants generally set up surprisingly far from the table edge. With my preference for incredibly dense terrain this works, but I'm curious what you envisioned by design.

Ivan SAugust 01, 2018 3:56 am UTC

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Yikes, sounds like a long term campaign! Mind sharing your war band ?

I tend to play on a space between 2x2 and 3x3 feet with pretty dense terrain. I do prefer setting up "in the table" rather than near the edges, so you are seeing some of that. I find that being to move backwards a bit can be a nice option.

I hope that helps? I agree, it should have been clearer in the book.

Lanse TJuly 16, 2018 5:38 pm UTC

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Very nice! I like the changes from Five Parsecs.
Will there be more supplements after Dark Woods of Winter?

Ivan SJuly 16, 2018 5:49 pm UTC

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Thanks!
I am working on a mini campaign that will introduce goblins to the world but in a suitably threatening manner.

It may be a little bit though, since there's some other projects in the way first.

Five Leagues from the Borderlands is medieval/fantasy version of Five Parsecs from Home, so please check that one for detailed review. Just to be clear, I like Ivan’s games very much, but in the following review I will present my personal reas [...]

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